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It's boring, but I'm cool with not trading anyone this offseason. I think I'd prefer signing free agents and waiting until next offseason to make trades. Players will be available next offseason as well, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of clean fits. We lose a season of value since we will suck next season.

I think we will get a lot better picture of what we have and need after next season.

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It's boring, but I'm cool with not trading anyone this offseason. I think I'd prefer signing free agents and waiting until next offseason to make trades. Players will be available next offseason as well, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of clean fits. We lose a season of value since we will suck next season.

I think we will get a lot better picture of what we have and need after next season.

I am in this camp... seems to be a small one... but nonetheless... I was hoping that we added a #2 type arm in FA and perhaps found a way to get out from Myers' contract. I like what I saw from the young guys last year and want to see what develops in 2019.... then make a more informed decision as to who belongs and who we can part with. We have so much SP talent coming up and I would hate to move the wrong ones via a trade. I am totally cool with our lineup as is for 2019... Renfroe-Margot-Reyes with Cordero seems promising in the OF... We have two viable C. 1B, 2B-SS Combo has been decided.... Just 3B left. Myers wasn't that bad... but I know he/they want to do something else there. Guess my best case scenario is a trade that lands us a 3B that includes Myers in the return. Pay for a good FA SP and go with the young guns.

And if we know who to get rid off and who to keep..i would guess that all other 29 teams know who they want in trades and who they don't want....you see it works both ways..why you make trades to improve your MLB club....case and point if we had traded Espinoza the week after we got him..he probably gets us Yelich or better at that time...right now he would have to be the 3rd or 4th piece in a trade if a team would want to take him on to begin with...sure he could rebuild his value but wasn't he like a top 5 MLB prospect at one point

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Morossi on MLBTV saying Padres are a team that is on everything and AJP probably the only GM that can get multiple deals done with our deep system and MLB youth pieces... He (paraphrasing) said that he can see us getting JT R and then flipping Hedges in a deal for SP.. mentioned Hedges + Margot + Renfroe + ONE of our top 10 P prospects (mentioned Logan Allen specifically)in a Kubler deal.. (notice I said top 10 PITCHER, not position prospect in our system)... Depending on what we give up for JT R (which I would imagine would be prospects, prospects and more prospects)...

Our OF would still be Myers/Franchy-ze/Reyes.... Our C- Realmuto, 1B Hosmer, 2B Kinsler, SS Urias, 3B (if we make these trades I would imagine FRANCO low cost vs Andujar here.. OR Moose just $$$ via FA)

SP- Kubler, Lucchesi. Lauer, would still need 2 from within or 1 from within and 1 from outside the org.. a rebound guy like Gio, Pomz could be signed FA or a rebound trade for a Gray, or Stronman

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Meanwhile unlike Othani... Kilkuchi news are very very quiet as in almost non-existent, and his deadline to sign is less than a week from today since he was posted 12/4/18 and MLB clubs have 30 days to sign him or he gets "un Posted" by his Japanese club.. so 1/3/19 (next Thursday) I believe is his deadline if not Wednesday 1/2/19...

I'm okay with dealing from mlb depth, but less inclined to deal top prospects this year. Quite a bit might have to go right, but I'm thinking of the Brewers in 2017; I don't think we will be that good, but hopefully close to .500, then be more aggressive than them for 2020.

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I'm okay with dealing from mlb depth, but less inclined to deal top prospects this year. Quite a bit might have to go right, but I'm thinking of the Brewers in 2017; I don't think we will be that good, but hopefully close to .500, then be more aggressive than them for 2020.

To get closer to .500 we need to add like 2 SP (one of which needs to be TOR type) a better 3B option vs what we have ATM...not to mentioned have improvement from all of our younger players and Hosmer needs to be odd year Hosmer.....thats still a lot that needs to happen between now and opening day...

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I'll be more specific - if we can get Kluber with some combo of Renfroe, Hedges, Margot, Allen, Strahm, Baez, then I'm fine with it. I don't think we need to trade for Andujar and cross our fingers; we are too stacked for that. Gray, Realmuto, and Syndergaard don't make much sense to me with what I am hearing they are asking for. As far as 3B next year, it doesn't mean we have to hold our hopes out for Arenado, Rendon, or Potts. There will be other options. There will be other SP options, and there will be LH OF options with high OBP capabilities.

Our farm is so deep that opportunities will be presented and the cycle of sellers will churn. Players like Patino and Edwards will become top prospects that are blocked that we can offer for Ramirez, Suarez, Syndergaard, or some unexpected seller.

I'm down with signing Moustakas on a one year with a second year option, Kikuchi, or Keuchel.

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It's boring, but I'm cool with not trading anyone this offseason. I think I'd prefer signing free agents and waiting until next offseason to make trades. Players will be available next offseason as well, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of clean fits. We lose a season of value since we will suck next season.

I think we will get a lot better picture of what we have and need after next season.